{"id":44294,"date":"2017-03-31T15:04:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T19:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=44294"},"modified":"2017-05-11T15:15:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T19:15:04","slug":"monster-pitch-finalist-homesharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/03\/monster-pitch-finalist-homesharp\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Pitch finalist: HOMESHARP"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>This is the final in a series of four stories featuring the finalists of Monster Pitch, the annual student business competition hosted by the Goodman School of Business student club Brock Innovation Group. This year\u2019s competition will be held at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Monday, April 3.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Dalton Steele is looking to give his business maximum exposure.<\/p>\n

The fourth-year business student developed HOMESHARP, a professional photo editing service for realtors, from his passion for entrepreneurship and knowledge of real estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mobile app is being crafted in tandem with Steele\u2019s other business venture, Huvr Media, a marketing agency for luxury real estate in southern Ontario that now serves more than a dozen regular clients.<\/span><\/p>\n

HOMESHARP, focused on servicing real estate agents selling low- to mid-range homes, will complement Huvr Media\u2019s business model by giving realtors an affordable way to produce professional photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Agents will be able to take property photos on their iPhone using a recommended external lens and upload them to the app to photo editors working behind the scenes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith all of that combined, we\u2019re able to get excellent results out of the iPhone sensor and provide a lot of value to real estate agents for a much cheaper cost per listing,\u201d Steele said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best described as a serial entrepreneur, Steele has worked on multiple business ideas since starting at Brock.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a goal to pursue entrepreneurship as a career, the Niagara native was drawn to BioLinc, the University\u2019s business incubator run by the Goodman School of Business, in his second year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone in my family is a little bit entrepreneurial and I\u2019ve always had those tendencies, so it was a natural fit for me at BioLinc,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

After working as a BioLinc ambassador during his first co-op work term, participating in the Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship program and competing at last year\u2019s Monster Pitch competition, Steele has developed a strong support network of like-minded young entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now working full-time on his business on an entrepreneurial co-op work term, Steele is looking forward to returning to the Monster Pitch stage next week.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to share my business and get feedback from the judges because the feedback I got last year was so valuable,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m really excited to hear the other pitches, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Already a sold out event, Monster Pitch is taking place Monday, April 3 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. Steele is one of four shortlisted student entrepreneurs who will pitch their business ideas before a panel of judges for a chance to win a funding and startup services package worth $15,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monster Pitch is hosted by the Brock Innovation Group in partnership with the Goodman School of Business and BioLinc and is sponsored by Spark Power Corp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s judging panel is returning and includes: Jim Treliving, one of five judges on CBC\u2019s Dragons\u2019 Den and chairman and owner of Boston Pizza International Inc.; Bruce Croxon, co-host of BNN\u2019s The Disruptors and CEO of Round 13; Deborah Rosati, corporate director and co-founder of Women Get On Board; and Jason Sparaga, co-founder and co-CEO of Spark Power Corp. and founder of Spara Capital Partners.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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